Method and apparatus for producing plastic articles



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1,623,631 R. V. MATTISON METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC ARTICLES April 5,1927.

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. 1,623,631 M R. V. MATTISQN METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC ARTICLES,

Filed March 6, 1926 5 Sheets-5heet 5 Patented Apr. 5, 1927.

uNITEn- STATES RICHARD v.

' PATENT OFFICE.

BESTOS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC ARTICLES.

Application filed March that the shape or thickness of the article be irregular, as for instance, inthe case of shingles; Where it is advantageous to have a taper in the long direction from thinness at one end to relative thickness at the other. The exposed ends of the shingles arethus increased in thickness without adding'greatly to the thickness of the overlaid portions and the shingle has greater strength and durability, and imparts a less flat and more desirable appearance to the roof as a whole. It is also advantageous in appearance to give to the exposed portion of the shingle a roughened, irregular form and avoid the usualplain, straight-line effects. Vith the shingle produced by this invention the thickened end lends itself readily to this roughening effect and is adapted to provide the extra material for irregular edging and surfacing.

The object of this invention is to-provide a method and apparatus .for producing an article such as a shingle or the like of irregular or tapered form and which may be roughened to give the desired final effect.

' Afurther object'is to provide improved meanswhereby the general outline of each article may be effected while the machine is in continuous operation. A more specific object of the invention is to provide improved vacuum means for forming the article into substantially the desired shape and to provide the article with a very dense resistant surface.

A further object is to provide means for separating the formed article from the formng -mechan1s1n and for conveying the formed article in its plastic state after being discharged from the forming mechamsm; -Other ob ects are. to provide means provide improved means for scoring, or otherwise marking, the surface thereof.

A further object ofmy invention. is to rovide an improved composition for formmg such articles, which consists generall of asbestos fibre, hydraulic cement, san

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preferably sharp white sand, and water, preferably warm. When suitably mixed, this composition forms a jelly-like substance, consisting of small globules of cement and fibres. In order to obtain the best results -the fibres must be forced into these small globules, and this is. accomplished to a certain extent not only by the final pressing rolls, but by my improved machine this acmcr-rxsoiv, or AMIBLER, PENNSYLVANIA, Assmnon. 'ro magma AS- tion is somewhat initially obtained by the suction action and also by the pressing rollers and belt which co-operate with the drum periphery. I have found that this composition not only produces a strong durable shingle of this type at low cost, but is also particularly adaptable to beformed into the .(lesired shingle automatically by depositing a wet mixture or slurry onto a moving belt.

In addition to the foregoing objects, other objects of my invention are to provide certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more apparent from the following description of the accompanying drawings, in which,.

Fig. l is a side elevation of the shin le forming mechanism and the conveyor for transferring the same to other mechanism not shown;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of Fig. 1;

' Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section from the .periphery of the drum showing the filtering cloth and Cards thereon, this section being taken substantially parallel to the drum axis, as for instance, on line 44 of Fig. 2;

. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary circumferential sectional view'of. the drum periphery and ltlaken substantially on the lines 5-5 of Fig.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan 'viewofthe drum periphery with the filtering cloth and cords removed;

Fig. 7 is an axial section through the vacuum control valve mechanism taken substantially on the line 7-.-7 of Fig. ,2;

Fig. 8 is a section of the valve mechanism taken substantially on the lines 88 of '2and7; T

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the pressing rollers and shingle seoringmechanism;

Fig. 10 is a plan view thereof;

Fig.- 11 is oneform ofa shin le, and

Fig. 12 is a view of a roof bui t up of shin- 7 si'de members-7; a pair of parallel floor members 8 and vertical supports 9. Other members for supporting and'bracing purposes may be included so as to suitably support a slurry tank 10. This tank has an arcuate bottom and vertical sides so as to form an opening 11 in the topand has an overflow pipe 12 disposed at one edge. For the purpose of agltating and mix ng the slurry in the tank there is provided a series of rotatable agitators 13,'each bein provided with a series of radial arms. T ese agitators may be rotated by any suitable mechanism, such as by an individual or continuous belt or suitable gears. It will also be under stood that the tank 10 is made-of such material which will be best suited to the nature of the slurry used. The slurry preferably consists of the elements in proportions as previously noted.

In order to form the slurry into suitable articles such as shingles, preferably tapered, there'is provided a relatively large drum D, which is mounted upon a transverse-shaft 14. This shaft is rotatably supported in bearings 15 that'are supported by the side frame members 7. More specifically, this drum comprises, as shown in Figs. 4 to 8,

' side members 16 and a peripheral portion 17.

The peripheral portion could be formed of any suitable material, such as wood, metal or the like. Fixed to each of the s ide members 16 is a bearing support, 18, which has engagement with a reduced end of the shaft 14, the member 18 havi an annular groove 19 to receive the bearlng 15. The drum periphery is provided with a series of parallel substantially rectangular chambers 20.

Each chamber is separated by an axially eX-,

tending partition 21, which has recesses 22 and 23, and a central recess which receives a sealing strip 21", preferably made of rub her and extendin beyond the ends of the chambers as in 'cated in Fig. 6. A ported supporting rib 24 extends circumferentially of the drumand is intermediate the ends of the chambers 20, thereby forming in effect two chambers. It will be noted-that that the bottom of each chamber .20 inclines upwardly topard the drum periphery from the central portion adjacent the support 24. Bars 25 extending circumferentially of the drum are supported in'the recesses 22 and 23. These bars, it will be noted, are successively spaced closer together as the outer tion ofthe operation.

sides of the drum periphery are reached, the purpose of which will a pear in the descripommunicating with of rubb drum groove, while metallic peripheral bands each chamber substantially adjacent the supporting rib 24 is a vacuum 26, which.

tween a vacuum controlling member and v the pipe 27. As shown in Fig. 8, the member 30 is stationary and only partially surrounds the periphery of the member 28. The member 30 is divided'int o a minimum vacuum chamber 31 and a maximum vacuum chamber 32, pressure-therein.-being transmitted through pipes 33 and 34 respectively. Each of the chambers has an arcuate groove 35 that communicates with the passages 29.

A plate 36 is secured to the member 28 to hold the valve member 30 in operative relation to the member 28, and to prevent air leakage between the adjacent surface suita ble packing 37 is provided.

From the above it will be seen that as the drum rotates each chamber 20 will be subjected to a minimum vacuum of say ten pounds when the passage 29 is in communication with the chamber 31. Upon further rotation of the drum the passage 29 will be brought into communication with thechamber 32, and thereby allow a higher degree of vacuum to be formed intlie drum chambers.

20. Before completing one rotation of the drum the passage 29 communicate with the atmosphere, as clearly indicated in Fig. 8.

The object of this vacuum controlled mechanism is to permit the drum to pick up or have accumulated on its periphery a substantially predetermined amount of slurry from the tank 10 as the druin rotates therein, while the object of the successively closer spaced bars 25 and the inclined bottom of the chambers 20 is to cause a relatively lar e amount of plastic material or slurry to e accumulated adjacent the rib 24 while a relatively lesser amount of material will be accumulatedat the outer ends of the chambers 20.- However, to prevent the plastic ma--' terial from "being drawn through the spacing bars 25 there is provided a filtering cloth 40 covering the peripheral portion riphery there is provided at each side ofthe peripheral flange 12. preferably made er, and inserted within a peripheral drum a 43 disposed on the outside of the flanges42 prevent the latter from being forced out of shape. The filtering cloth may be of any suitable material, such as silk, linen, muslin,

wire gauzeor other perforated material.

In order to aid in the forming of the-plastic material into substantially desired shape and to aid in holding the articles to the periphery of the drum over the chambers 29 there is provided flexible molding cords 44,

preferably made from fishing line or other similar material, which are supported in the form of endless belts by the drum periphery on top of the filtering cloth. These cords as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are successively spaced closer together as the outsides of the drum periphery are reached.

The cords 44- lead off the drum periphery to spacing grooves in roller 45. The grooved roller 45 may be supported in any suitable manner and it is clear that it might be adjustably supported to vary the tension of the cords.

In order to initially press the plastic shingles there is provided .a belt 67 .which engages an arcuate portion of the drum.

- This presser belt leads off of the drum on to a guiding roller 68 and over and underguiding rollers '69, 70 and 71 back on to the drum, This presser belt will have sufiicient transverse flexibility so that the tapered sides of the articles will be properly engaged. If for any reason it should be desired, it is obvious that the pressure strip could be made separately, one part to cover each set of the parallel chambers in the drum. In order to exert further pressure, rollers 2 are carried on one 'end of arms 73, the other ends of which are pivotally supported by a suitable framework 74. It will be noted that the length of the arms 73 diminishes as the upper rollers are reached, and it will also be clear that the perlphery of these rolls could taper inwardly towards their central'por tion, thereby to conform to the tapered ortions of the articles, or if desired, the r0 lers could be spllt at. their central portion.

.In order to clean the filtering cloth and tering cloth and cords. The material thus removed is recovered and remixed with. the slurry in the tank 10. l

The mechanism for controlling the degree of vacuumin the chambers 31 and 32 comprises as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a vacuum pump of any suitable type, and which has communication with a tank 81 as by pipe 82. The tank 81 forms .in efi ect a control tank for tanks 83 and 84, which have communication therewith as by pipes 85 and 86, leading into a main pipe 87. which in turn communicateswith the tank 8!. Suitable pressure control valve mechanisms 88 and 89 are carried by the tanks 83 and 84' respectively. lt will be clear that these valve mechanisms could be used to control the degree of pressure Within each tank in addition to the mechanism now to be described. The pipes have associated with their horizontal portions 90 and 91 identical control valve mechanisms, so that the description of one will sufii'ce for'both. An adjustable valve 92 may be used for throttling purposes, and by suitable adjustment any degree of vacuum could. be obtained.

A suitably .valved bypass 93 fu nishes a further adjustment for a vacuum cufldltlon. The tank 83' has communication with the chamber as by the pipe 34, which is a continuation of a valved controlled pipe 95, leading from the tank 83. The tank 84 has communication with the chamber 31 as'by the pipe 33, and a suitably valved controlled pipe 96. As the vacuum in the various chambers 20 will cause water to be .drawn from the plastic shingles sultable means is provided for draining this water, whichwill settle in the tanks 83, 84 and 81.. This means comprises'pumps 97, 98 and 99, communicating respectively with the tanks 83, 84 and 81 by suitable pipes, all of which are adapted to discharge into so collected may be returned to the system, for such liquid would con-tam a large per-- centage of cement andother material.

The operation of the device so' far described is as follows:

a suitable collecting pipe 100. The liquid The filtering cloth 40 beingsecured to the periphery of the drum D will-rotate there-' with, being. supported by the strips 25 and the partitions 21, 24 and the end surfaces 41,

the chambers 20 being separated by the sealing strips 21. The spaced cords are placed overthe filteringcloth and are guided by the-grooved roller 45, and are in unequally spaced position on the drum periphery. The

charged into the tank 10 and the drum D rotates by a suitable belt pulley 105. which is fixed tothe drum shaft 14. At the same time the agitators 13 will be rotated to mix the sand, fibres and cement materials withv dry sand, fibres and cement material is the 'fluid from thepipe 75 and keep the slurry in a uniform condition. As the drum rotates those of the chambers or compartments 20 which are disposed within the" slurry will be subjected to 'a minimum vac! uum as by'connection of the passages 29 with the minimum vacuum chamber 31. The chamber 31 communicates with the belt 67 and by 'co-operation therewit the filtering cloth 40, and cords 44 conformlng to the shape of the chambers 20 which it will be remembered is suitably supported upon the series of cross bars 25. The thick ness of the plastic material will be varied in accordance with the degree of vacuum, the successively closer spacing of the bars 25 and to the inclined bottoms of the chambers 20. It has been found that such a construction will cause a lesser amount of material to be held adjacent the relatively closer spaced bars 25 than will be held adja cent the widely spaced bars. By the vacuum the plastic materialrwillbe held very tightly against the filtering-cloth and cords, which cords will have a tendency to be embedded in the undersurface of the article, thus aiding in maintaining the article on the periphery of the drum, as clearly shown in Figs. 4. and 5. As the portion of the drum submerged in the slurry is rotated therefrom in a counter clockwise direction, the chambers 20 will be subjected to a higher degree of vacuum due to the passages 29 coming into communication with the chamber 32. This permits the tank 83 to be placed in communication with each of the chambers as through pipes 95, 34, chamber 32, passage 29 and the pipes 27 and 26. The

passages 29 rotate with the drum due tothe connection of the member .28 with the hub 18, while thevalve casing 30 remains stationary. With the chambers in the upper right hand portion being subjected to a higher vacuum it will be clear that water will be drawn from the the drum, in the tanks 83, 84 and 81; from which it will be drawn as by the'pumps 97, 98 and 99, and discharged into the collecting pipe 100. During the period, that the articles are being subjected to the higher vacuum they will-be in contact with the ressing of the series of rollers 72 even more water will be squeezed out than otherwise, and the upper surface of the article made uniform. As the drum continues to rotate the passages 29 will finally come into communication with the atmosphere, thereby permitting the removal of the formed articles from the drum. It will be noted that during this period the cords are gradually separated from the drum and filtering cloth, thereby causing the articles to be entirely supported by the'cords. The result is that as the cords pass within the grooves of roller 45 they are stripped from the articles S by passing downwardly around the roller 45, this action being clearly shown in Fig. 3, the articles then being dis,

plastic articles upon and this water will finally settle charged upon a plate 46 which directs them to a suitable conveying mechanism to permit further operations to be performed thereon.

In the manufacture of some lastic articles such as shingles it may be esirable to provide a. means for coloring or coating the article or a portion-thereof. Colorin or coating spray guns 47 may be provided for spraying coloring or coating material to the articles as the drum rotates and when the articles on the drum are at a minimum vacuum. As the drum rotates and is subjected to a higher degree of vacuum due to the passages 29 coming into communication with the chamber 32 the coloring or coating material on the surface of the article will be lrawn into the surface of the plastic article, creating. a substantial thickness of coloring or coating surface.

After discharging a plastic article from the cords it is further pressed and then the large end thereof is scored. The means for accomplishing these ends comprises a plate 46 and an endless belt conveyor 110, suitably supported and disposed so as to receive the articles S from the cords. The conveyor 110 could be driven by any suitable means and is adapted to discharge upon a conveyor 111 of the final pressing mechanism. As shown in Fig. 9, the conveyor 111 comprises a series of relatively small rollers beneath which and in contact with is a belt 112, which passes over guiding rollers 113, and is held in frictional contact. with the rollers as by holding rollers 114. When the belt 112 is driven in a clockwise direction, the rollers 111 will be rotated so as to convey the shinper surface of the rollers 111 will be substantially tangent to the surface of the lower roll 116, these rollers being spaced apart adjacent the pressing rolls so as to allow the latter to have full pressing contact with both sides of the articles. The periphery of the rolls is tapered with the narrower portion in the center, thereby allowing the large end of the tapered article to pass between the rollers, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 10. The upper roller is also adjustable by any suitable means in order to press shingles or otherarticles of different thickness. The lower roller is driven by any suitable means, which herein is shown as a motor 117 and a suitable driving gearing 118 for connecting the motor and roller 116.

After the articles have passed through the pressing rollers it is sometimes desired to score the upper surface thereof, although both surfaces could be scored if desired, and

to accomplish this the articles are first The means forturning the articles from the transverse position as shown in Fig. to

' 121 terminate somewhat short of the extended ends of the wallsk119, thereby permitting the articles S as they come from the conveyor 11-1 to engage the extended ends of the walls 119 at a point offset from the center of gravity of the article, and upon continued movement of the article due to the conveyor 111, the outer end of the article will be swung around on to the conveyor 120 until it is substantially in alignment with the space between the walls 119 and 121, whereby it will be carried forwardly on the conveyor 120 and properly guided between a scoring mechanism. a

' The scoring mechanism comprises a roller 122 for supporting the articles as they are run under scoring rollers 123. The scoring rollers might have any suitable design periphery so as to mark the formed on their upper side of t e large end of a tapered shingle accordingly but the rollers are specifically shownas provided with a series of peripheral 'V-shaped grooves. The rollers 123 are suitably spaced from the supporting rollers 122 so that only a portion of the uptper surface ofthe article will be scored. A ter passing through the scoring mechanism the articles may be discharged from the belt 122 on to any suitable device 125. In

steadof turning the shingles prior to marking thereof they may be fed through the.

scoring mechanism in a transverse position thereby transversely marking the shingles.

If a longitudinal marking is desired without turning the shingle the scoring roller could have its periphery provided with axially extending grooves.

While I havespecifically shown a drum with which the filtering cloth and cords may vco-o rate, it will be clear that the cloth and cor s might be made to pass in a flat plane. in which position a flat conveyor belt could be used for supportin the cloth and cords and thatother or modified apparatus could be used to produce the shingle.

By applying this invention toshingle manufacture it is noted that by tapering the shingle, material is saved in addition to providing a shingle made from plastic mate rial which has all of the requisite structural qualities. It is also apparent from the general principles employed in my machine that the shingle edges could'be made irregular, so as to give the effect that'the shingle had been shaped merely by chipping oil with a hammer, such as'is done with certain types of quarried shingles. As shown in Fig. 11

the upper exposed surface could be given a desired irregular shape. This surface could also be'given the effect as though having been chipped simply by suitably de signing the periphery of either the scoring or pressing rolls. ()bviously,'i f desired a straight reciprocating type of press might be used. Even though the shingle be provided with a highly irregular or roughened surface, still they may be laid without any trouble due to the thin end of the shingle being'smooth as is also preferably the lower surface. of the. large end. However, if desired the lower shingle surface adjacent only the edges of the large end may be given this chipped appearance,=thereby leaving the reniaining laying of the shingles.

- The method, of thisinvention is specially adaptable to the production, of the shingle,

having the composition above set forth.

3 under surface flat so to facilitate More specifically, theproportions of the respective elements are asbestos fibre about long 5%, asbestos short fibre 20%, sand 30%, and cement 45%. The suction draws the slurry,against the filtering cloth and collects it there, and the continued suction tends to draWthelighter more fluid elementsof the slurry inwardly through the mass so as to make it more compact and solid, and to stop up any open pores.

.the amount and distribution of the suction.

By making the edges of the suction chambers irregular where they contact with the filtering cloth or belt 40,the edges of the shingle will be correspondingly increased in irregularity to any desired extent, to give, for instance, the effect of edges handehipped by a hammer as with some types of quarried shingles. A similar effect could be produced by suitably forming the periphery of either the scoring or pressing rolls. The roughness of the upper exposed surface of the shingle may be made more irregular by an irregular formation of the supporting means beneath the filtering cloth, resulting in a vvariable suction eflect across the shingle The resulting shingle while conforming in genwith corresponding local areas of thinness or depression.-

The shingles are composed ofa wearing, weather-proof composition consisting of sand, cement and fibres. The fibres are embedded throughout the composition and are matted and entangled by the suction action and subsequent pressin so as to be substantially parallel to the surface 'of' the shingle. The parallel formation of the fibres through the shingle strengthens the shingle andalso aids; in combining-the sand and cement'into a strong homogeneous mass.

I claim:

1. A mechanism for forming plastic mate-,

3. A mechanism for forming a substantially elongated tapered body of plastic material, comprising a drum, means for subjecting plastic material to said drum to a holding pressure, and means for causing the total pressure to be less at the thinner portion of the plastic member than the total pressure at the larger end of the .plastic member.

4. A device for forming a tapered article, comprising means forming a vacuum chamber, and means presenting a greater passage area in said chamber at the thicker part thereof than at the thinner part.

5. A mechanism for forming plastic material comprising a drum and a plastic material tank, means for subjecting said drum to material in said tank, and means for caus-' mg a deposit of material of varying thickness on said drum from said tank.

6. A machine for gathering plastic mate'- l'jifl-l and forming the same into a desired shape, comprising. a drum and a plastic material tank, means forming a chamber in communicationwith said drum, means for passing said drum through the material in said tank, and means for creating a vacuum in said chamber, whereby said drum picks up a deposit of plastic material of varying thickness-over said chamber when passing throu h'the material in said tank.

7.. machine for. forming articles from plastic material, comprising means forming a continuously moving supporting surface, means forming a continuously moving strip adaptedto' be supported on said surface, means for forming plastic articles of varying thickness on said strip during movement thereof, means formoving said strip, away fromsaid su porting surface, and meansfor thereafter I articles from said strip.

' 8. A-' machine comprising a rotatable drum, means for eflecting the holding of a deposit of fiowable materialbf varying. thickness on the 'pe'ripliery by a predetermined argmg the formed plasticvacuum,"and means for thereafter subjecting said .material to a higher degree of vacuum. I

'9. A machine comprising a-movable su porting member,- a surface of which is.

adapted to have flowable material pass there- 7 over, means for holding certain of said material of varying thickness to said surface by vacuum means, whereby said member will vacuum to a point of discharge.

11. A machine comprising a movable member having a supporting surface, means for loosely holding material adjacent said surface, means whereby the material may be drawn to said surface in varying thickness and held thereto by predetermined sub-atmospheric pressure, and means for thereafter subjecting the same to a hi her degree of sub-atmospheric pressure, eac of said sub-atmospheric means including separate vacuum tanks.

12. A machine comprising a movable member having'a supporting surface, means for holding material adjacent said surface, means whereby the material may be drawn to said surface and held thereto .by predetermined sub-atmospheric ressure, means for' thereafter subjecting e same to a. higher degree of sub-atmospheric pressure, both of said means including separate 'vacuum tanks, and a control vacuum tank and a passage for conducting material which 4 is drawn from the held material by the communicating with each of said other 13. A machine comprising a movable member having a supporting surface, means for holding material adjacent said surface,

means whercbythe material may be drawn to said surface and held thereto by predetermined sub-atmospheric ressure, means for thereafter subjecting higher degree of sub-atmospheric pressure, both of said means including separate vacuum tanks, and' means for varying the dc ree of sub-atmospheric pressure from eac of said tanks.

14. A' machine for formingtapered shingles from plastic material, comprising a pair of co-operating pressing rollers, one of which has a tapered riphery, a conveyor for transmitting the p astic shingles to said esame to apressing rollers including a plurality-ofconveyin rollers, certain of said rollers being spaced to permit the bottom pressing roller to have an operative relation to the upper pressing roller.

15. A machine for forming shingles from plastic material, comprising shingle conveying means, scoring mechanism through which the plastic shingles are passed, said means adapted -to score only a portion of the shingle surfaces.

16. A machine forming shingles from plastic material, comprising shingle conveying means, scoring mechanism through which the plastic shingles are passed, said means scoring only the exposed portion of one surface of the shingle.

17. A machine for forming tapered shingles from plastic. material, including shingle conveying means, a scoring mechanism through which the plastic shingles are passed, said means scoring only the larger end portion of the shingles.

18. A machine for forming tapered shingles, comprising means for initially forming a plastic shingle, means for removing the shingle from the forming means, and means for thereafter pressing the shingle between co-operating diverging pressing surfaces.

19. A machine for forming shingles, comprisingmeans for initially forming a plastic shingle, means for removing the same therefrom, and means for thereafter passingthe shingle through .a scoring mechanism while the shingle is in its plastic state.

20. The method of forming a tapered plastic shingle, consisting in first forming plastic material into substantially a shingle shape, then pressing the shingle between diverging pressing surfaces.

21. The method of forming articles, consisting in first initially shaping an article from plastic material, and then simultaneously subjecting one side of the article to sub-atmospheric pressure while subjecting the opposite side of the article to a mechanical pressing action. r

22. The method of forming a shingle con- .sisting of first forming a shaped shingle from plastic material, and then scorin portion of the surface of the shingle w% the same is in its plastic state. a

23. The method of forming a shingle, consisting in placing a mold into plastic material, then drawing the plastic material.

excess water in the plastic material upon.

the mold by subjecting the same to a subtmospheric pressure, then removing the" shingle from the mold, and then subjecting the shingle to a final shaping pressure.

- RICHARD V. MATTISON.

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